Hot Tamales – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
While the word tamale is most certainly Spanish, its derivation is from the Nahuatl word tamalli. Tamallis were developed as a portable ration carried by war parties in pre-Columbian North America and were as common and varied as the sandwich is today. One commonality among tamalli then and tamales today, is the corn meal dough (masa) which is made through…